1. Virtual Guides A Hybrid Approach to Immersive Learning Defense GameTech 2012 March 28, 2012 Mr. David Fliesen, Sonalysts, Inc. Dr. Cynthia Calongne, Colorado Technical University

2. Characteristics Companionship –A virtual guide not only offers information –The imaginary friend from your youth –Navigation, intelligence and emotion Affect – emotional intelligence [1] –Igor, push the first lever… Expectations of behavior

3. Emotional intelligence [1] The design of a learning companion Affect

4. Bardic Storytelling Characters and companions Stimulating affective emotional states [1] –The role of emotion in learning –Building a Learning Companion [2]

5. Books as Virtual Guides and Companions [3] An Example of Affect

6. Virtual Guides Daden Limited [4] Bots R Us group Altair AI – chat bot, navigation, movement, emotional process Bots that screen scrape Web content to select and discuss Simplicity Labs - virtual agents

7. Virtual Guide Game Examples “Arthur ” from the Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time by Presto Studios and Red Orb Entertainment “Lucy” from Assassin’s Creed 2 by Ubisoft Montreal “S.A.R.A.” from ShadowGun by Madfinger Games The artificially intelligent character Arthur provides a virtual companion in the Heads Up Display with adjustable humor to accompany the player in their epic quests Lucy mentors Desmond to tap into his stored ancestral memories in a battle of Templars and Assassins Personal android assistant S.A.R.A. provides situational awareness to John Slade in his adventures

8. EM 840 Mayan Temple Guide Chat bots as guides – are navigation and gesture required?

9. Are All Virtual Guides Humanoid?

10. Virtual Guide in a Civic Simulation by a group in EM 825 Guides come in all shapes and sizes (right) Which is the guide?

11. Extreme Reality by Mystical Demina & Simplicity Labs by JB Hancroft [5]

12. The Mars Expedition – Grand Prize Winner in the FVWC at GameTech 2010 [6]

13. Who is the Virtual Guide? [6]

14. Guide Characteristics Features –Information, conflict mgt, skills Interaction Behavior Emotion Attitude Outcomes

15. References [1] Kort, B. (2011). Cognition, Affect, and Learning. The Role of Emotions in Learning. http://knol.google.com/k/cognition-affect-and-learning# http://knol.google.com/k/cognition-affect-and-learning# [2] An Affective Model of Interplay Between Emotions and Learning: Reengineering Educational Pedagogy – Building a Learning Companion http://affect.media.mit.edu/projectpages/lc/icalt.pdf http://affect.media.mit.edu/projectpages/lc/icalt.pdf [3] Automated Avatars in Second Life by Daden Limited http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hte2MJ54CA [4] Simplicity Labs by JB Hancroft in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/SPConference%203/11/232/38 [3] What does your dream library look like? http://martavallelibrary.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/what-does-your-dream-library-look-like/ [5] Extreme Reality and Simplicity Labs at the SP Expo http://slurl.com/secondlife/SPConference%203/26/235/37 [6] The Mars Expedition, A virtual context in Storytelling http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/mars-expedition-game-tech-2010

16. For More Information Papers by Jonathon Gratch on emotion & social modeling rapport & social effects virtual humans socially situated planning intelligent agents adaptive problem solving machine learning http://people.ict.usc.edu/~gratch/pubs.html

17. Game References Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time (1999) by Presto Studios and Red Orb Entertainment: Web: http://presto.tommyyune.com/presto/journeyman3 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ULXcrfLxnEhttp://presto.tommyyune.com/presto/journeyman3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ULXcrfLxnE Assassin’s Creed 2 (2010) by Ubisoft Montreal: Web: http://assassinscreed.us.ubi.com/assassins-creed-2/http://assassinscreed.us.ubi.com/assassins-creed-2/ Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJBUPHv5-IMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJBUPHv5-IM Cloud-based gaming demo: http://www.onlive.comhttp://www.onlive.com ShadowGun (2011) by Madfinger Games: Web: http://madfingergames.comhttp://madfingergames.com Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62SnLQ04CcA&feature=relmfuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62SnLQ04CcA&feature=relmfu

18. For more information Joey Aboma For a copy of these slides, visit: http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo Lyr Lobo Virtual Guides A Hybrid Approach to Immersive Learning Mr. David Fliesen dfliesen@sonalysts.com Joey Aboma in Second Life Dr. Cynthia Calongne calongne@pcisys.net Lyr Lobo in Second Life